April 1997 - CEA-W
presents Lincoln Hills School teachers Maggie Peterson and Sheri Woodall with the
first Showcase Award and sponsor them to present a
workshop at theRegion III Conference in Cleveland.
The annual Showcase Awards continue to date.

June 1997
– CEA-W co-sponsors a Teacher In-Service with the Corrections Training Center
and Teacher
Training Advisory Committee. Other Teacher In-Services
are held in 2000, 2001, and 2002.

February 2003 - Three-State Recidivism Study commissioned and endorsed by
the US Department of
Education in conjunction with the International CEA showing
the impactof education on recidivism
is published.

September 2003
– Ray Schlesinger wins first place in a contest for brief teaching tips
sponsored by
Teaching for Success.

August 2004
– CEA-W partners with Ken VanMieghem, WRC, to hold an inmate art exhibit
and
Silent Auction at the Flying Pig Gallery and Greenspace in
Algoma. Other art
exhibits and Silent
Auctions are held at the Flying Pig in October 2005 and
November2006.

April 2008 - CEA-W partners with Wisconsin Technical College System to
sponsor Jail

Training Day. Another Jail Training Day was held in 2009.

April 2008 - CEA-W
published the Directory of Education Programs in County Jails and
Juvenile
Detention Centers.

May 2008
- Randy Kowalsky becomes the new CEA-W website manager and re-designs the website
to its current look.

May 2008
– Sharon Abel named American Jail Association’s Civilian of the Year in a
ceremony

in Sacramento.

September 2008
– Carolyn Klema, PDCCI, named Reading Is Fundamental Volunteer of the

year at a ceremony
in Washington DC.

December 2008
- CEA-W partners with Ken VanMieghem, WRC, to hold an inmate art exhibit
and Silent
Auction at the Appleton Art Center. Another art exhibit and
Silent Auction is
held at the Appleton
Art Center in December 2009.